EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

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Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2019

Senate introduced a bill that would invest hundreds of millions of dollars to expand broadband access in communities that currently lack it. DigitalEquityNow [link] — Jessica Rosenworcel (@JRosenworcel) April 11, 2019. pic.twitter.com/kHeaPLOf2r — SETDA (@SETDA) April 11, 2019. The same holds for U.S.

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Edsurge

MAY 22, 2017

Gamino, New York City’s Chief Technology Officer, in an interview with EdSurge earlier this month, noting his office’s desire to close the “homework gap” caused by lack of broadband connection in homes. And about 62 percent said they were not aware of tools created to help them manage their internet use and request bandwidth upgrades.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2021

For families in different income tiers the level of access remains unchanged from what it was in 2019, placing students from lower income families at further disadvantage. Presented to the legislature in May 2020, the plan aimed to make education more equitable by closing gaps in device ownership and broadband coverage across the state. “We

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Edsurge

MAY 24, 2021

“Being in digital learning, we always talk about the importance of relationships and engagement,” says John Watson, the founder of the consultancy Evergreen Education Group, which started DLAC (pronounced dee-lac ) in 2019, making it one of the newer conferences on the circuit. “I DLAC’s live event portion does come with some caveats. “One

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

households lack what has become a basic need, according to a new report by EducationSuperHighway, an education nonprofit that in 2019 helped to almost eliminate the internet connectivity gap in classrooms across the country. Issues around broadband affordability disproportionately affect low-income, Black, and Latinx communities.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Schacht credits the growing availability of broadband internet in schools for helping “get his product into the hands of teachers directly.” Talks with Discovery Education initially began with this in mind around the end of 2019, according to Schacht. In August 2019, the Silver Spring, Md.-based

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2022

In fact, average fourth and eighth grade math and reading scores fell for most states between 2019 and 2022. In math, fourth graders fell five points nationally since 2019. In 2019, 31 percent were considered below basic level. That’s up from the 2019 results, which showed 34 percent below basic.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

And, that makes access to adequate and reliable broadband even more important as the development of new technologies continues. Marc Johnson, Executive Director of East Central Minnesota Educational Cable Cooperative (ECMECC), then provided perspective from a regional and local level on the expanding use of broadband. About the Host.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 20, 2020

Part of the previous modernization included the establishment of a budget system for Category Two funding, which covers schools’ internal connections and can cover switches, routers and access points as well as equipment needed to install broadband in schools. Incentivizing state support for “last-mile” broadband connections.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2020

Part of the previous modernization included the establishment of a budget system for Category Two funding, which covers schools’ internal connections and can cover switches, routers and access points as well as equipment needed to install broadband in schools. Incentivizing state support for “last-mile” broadband connections.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2020

Part of the previous modernization included the establishment of a budget system for Category Two funding, which covers schools’ internal connections and can cover switches, routers and access points as well as equipment needed to install broadband in schools. Incentivizing state support for “last-mile” broadband connections.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Part of the previous modernization included the establishment of a budget system for Category Two funding, which covers schools’ internal connections and can cover switches, routers and access points as well as equipment needed to install broadband in schools. Incentivizing state support for “last-mile” broadband connections.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

While 2019 NAEP scores show just under half of white fourth-grade students were reading at or above proficiency, the number drops to 18 percent , or roughly one in six, for Black students. Several efforts are underway. Recently, NAEP determined a new reading assessment framework aimed at making the test more equitable.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2019

But computing power, device adoption, pervasive broadband and exponentially networked collaboration platforms of the past decade have already moved us to a world of information abundance. From 2008 to 2019 we have witnessed a 4,000-plus percent expansion in the number of funded edtech startups, and the best startups can become unicorns.

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Neo LMS

JUNE 11, 2019

A version of this post was originally published on April 4th, 2019 on Education Technology. For example, there is no point spending thousands of dollars on new equipment if you don’t have the required WiFi connectivity, infrastructure or broadband speed for it. Read more: Don’t forget about pedagogy when chasing technology!

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Edsurge

APRIL 9, 2020

According to a 2019 Pew Research Center report, 96 percent of adults own a cell phone and 81 percent own a smartphone. And broadband Internet connections aren’t available everywhere, especially in rural parts of the U.S. Here are three alternative ideas for how to ensure students can learn from home when necessary.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 10, 2020

As Jamienne Studley and I discussed in a recent Hechinger Report op-ed, the reality is that millions of Americans — in rural and urban areas alike, and including many underrepresented minorities — lack the reliable broadband connections needed to access postsecondary and K-12 education in a nation that remains in partial lockdown.

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Edsurge

JUNE 23, 2020

Broadband internet access and cloud computing made it easier to distribute educational software once sold on floppy disks and CD-ROMs. In 2019, venture capitalists invested $1.7 About 120 people registered for its last summer gathering in June 2019. Computers, laptops and mobile devices became more affordable. billion in U.S.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Here are things to know about the hurdles the 2019 board members identified. . There’s a growing understanding that disparities in home broadband internet access put students at a disadvantage — typically those who already face obstacles because of low family income or race. I contributed to the upcoming 2020 report. . Digital Equity.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Here are things to know about the hurdles the 2019 board members identified. . There’s a growing understanding that disparities in home broadband internet access put students at a disadvantage — typically those who already face obstacles because of low family income or race. I contributed to the upcoming 2020 report. . Digital Equity.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

The American Indian College Fund’s 2019-20 Student Ambassador cohort. Credit: Caitlin Alysse/American Indian College Fund 2019. Many offer much-needed internet service, providing access to some of the 35 percent of tribal land residents who do not have broadband service. The devastating results have been visible for a long time.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 1, 2020

Fast forward to 2019. A survey of schools and libraries done by the FCC in 2010 found that 80% reported that broadband services did not “fully meet their current needs.” At the same time, we knew that technology was nowhere near a silver bullet. I was humbled by these early teachers’ feedback and the learnings they shared.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

In order to support digital and mobile learning, students in K-12 classrooms need access to sufficient bandwidth, scalable and affordable broadband infrastructure, and robust Wi-Fi. Related content: 6 realities about district broadband connections. And for the most part, they have it.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 15, 2019

Source: CB Insights This pattern is likely to continue into 2019. According to Jason Palmer, general manager at New Markets Venture Partners: “2019 will be an important year of rebalancing in the edtech market. 2019 will be an important year of rebalancing in the edtech market. Pitchbook tallied $130.9 As the U.S.

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Edsurge

MARCH 8, 2021

Libraries Close, Internet Access Ends There have been several studies about how the lack of fast home broadband has hurt kids’ access to online learning during school closures. Students with access to Renaissance’s myON digital reading platform during the pandemic more than doubled their time spent reading from fall 2019 to fall 2020.

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eSchool News

JULY 26, 2022

A lack of access to digital devices and home broadband access, distractions in learning from home, technical glitches, and unfamiliarity with online teaching and learning best practices are just some of the factors that made remote learning less effective than in-person instruction, especially for students in under-resourced communities.

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Edsurge

MAY 29, 2020

households with less than $30,000 in income have broadband at home. In mid-March, daily signups surged and messaging skyrocketed to more than double our highest volumes reached during the back-to-school season in 2019; by the end of the month, it was clear that this level of usage was our new baseline.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

And there are indeed sharp disparities in home access to computers and reliable broadband service. We’ve taught more than 150,000 students fully online in the last 10 years — including 35,000 students in 2019. Yet, as this spring’s pivot to online learning showed us, equity remains a significant challenge.

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techlearning

APRIL 9, 2019

“In order to provide personalized learning experiences for students to best prepare them for college and careers, and to compete in a global economy, all schools need access to reliable, high-speed broadband," said SETDA's incoming Executive Director, Candice Dodson.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2018

Rather, it's centered in the popular E-Rate program, which has provided billions of dollars in broadband discounts and infrastructure upgrades to schools and libraries. Additionally, broadband cost per megabit is dropping across the board, and schools are receiving more bids from telecom providers, making pricing more competitive.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

That was on the back of a much smaller 4 percent drop in FAFSA filings during the previous 2019-20 cycle. Broadband connectivity is a problem,” said DeBaun of the National College Attainment Network. The current 9.4 Small towns and rural areas have also experienced steep FAFSA declines, down 12 to 14 percent.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2018

Even more troublesome than the delays are flat-out denials, says Evan Marwell, CEO of EducationSuperHighway, a nonprofit that advocates for improved broadband in schools. This year, there were 347 such requests—for about $440 million in new broadband construction—and only a small fraction have received responses so far. 1 target date.

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Education Superhighway

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

EducationSuperHighway today released its annual State of the States report highlighting the major progress that has been achieved to connect nearly every public school classroom to high-speed broadband. million more students to next-generation broadband and, 21,600 more schools to fiber infrastructure. million students and 2.6

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Pew Research Center found that the share of lower-income Americans who rely on smartphones to go online instead of a broadband connection has nearly doubled from 2013 to 2019. But ReadyRosie’s growth also comes as a result of growing smartphone use among lower-income families.

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eSchool News

MAY 20, 2021

Until 2019, really, the traditional means of acquiring connectivity via public or private Wi-Fi has demonstrated limitations, including an inability to efficiently cover large campuses and wide areas, and the dearth of offering security assurances schools and universities need from their networks.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 16, 2020

The AI Education Project , founded in 2019, hopes to teach young people about artificial intelligence and the way it will impact—and is already impacting—their lives and livelihoods. And so we were able to identify those broadband issues. Did they have the tech, would they be able to attend? That was absolutely the No.

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